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grat·i·tude [grat-i-tood, -tyood]  – noun. The quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff. When I opened the doors to the main hall on the Friday afternoon of Canoecopia, this is what I … Continue reading →

Oh, sure, the Society of Uncreative Sticklers for Exact Equinoxes will dispute my claim.  “It’s Winter,” they say.  “It won’t be Spring until March 20th.” At which point, a second, less creative person will say, “Exactly.  March 20th.  At 17:32 … Continue reading →

Spring is coming soon, but winter does have one last hurrah. Last weekend was Winter Fest, an amazing event wherein Yuriy Gusev, an amazing event planner and promoter, turns the Capitol Square into a nordic ski course. Over 20,000 people … Continue reading →

Tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of pages have been written about the horrors of the Nazi party’s concentration camps.  I feel like adding words to the tens of millions already written is a waste of your time.  But I must … Continue reading →

I received a phone call a few weeks ago from Bill, the Executive Director of the Alliant Energy Center, the campus of buildings where we put on Canoecopia. He calls once a year or so, has tickets for some event, … Continue reading →

More from the archives.  This one is less useful in real life but it sure is fun…this is also the day the picture was taken wherein I first realized how bald I was becoming. I really had no idea. – … Continue reading →

I wrote this years ago, but it has been lost in the archives.  I thought it would be good to put it out there again.  -CL There is something magical about making fire from materials other than the standard Bic … Continue reading →

I’m not crazy about the word camping.  It’s not a bad word, mind you, but it has some mental images that I’d rather not evoke.  One of them is campground.  Again, nothing wrong with campgrounds; we use them fairly frequently. … Continue reading →

I don’t travel much these days, I suppose.  At least compared to the road warriors who know flight attendants by name and pretty much live in the Platinum Medallion Member’s Clubs.  I probably fly five or so times a year, … Continue reading →

Fog has settled in on southern Wisconsin, and it’s causing some slower-than-usual driving conditions, but has given us good reason to slow down and smell the air where roses will be in six months. Continue reading →